I'll never forget the time he addressed thousands upon thousands of trekkies at the star trek convention. He stepped up to the podium and the first thing he said was... "GET A LIFE!!!!"
As a GenXer I find it comforting and helpful to go back and watch these old videos from the world I grew up in. It's been so obscured by what's gone on so far in the 21st century that it's easy to forget. The world of the 80s and 90s is gone, and what has replaced it doesn't impress me one bit.
Very theatrical style, which was his background. Not the type of actor who can “lose himself” in a part, but always one to competently perform. A rather ambitious and ego-driven individual, which sort of explains his successes as Captain Kirk since that was the perfect character and role for him to play.
@@stantheman9072 I love when he spoke at the Star Trek convention and got up to the podium in front of thousands upon thousands of trekkies, and the first words he spoke were, "GET A LIFE!!!!"
@@bradhuskers Uh, I think you are mis-remembering or are misinformed. That’s not what happened. That line came from a skit he did on SNL in the 80s. It was a legit hit and was very funny. He then used it as the title for one of his non-fiction books, about his experiences with fans and at conventions. I doubt he ever actually said that before a real convention. It would not go over well with that audience and Shatner is nothing other than a crowd-pleaser. He lives for applause. Unless he was making some kind of joke with it or referring to his book for sale, I don’t see him doing it at all, much less saying it first. I’ve seen a couple of his convention appearances. It never came up.
Never ever forget the time he addressed thousands upon thousands of trekkies at the star trek convention. He stepped up to the podium and the first thing he said was... "GET A LIFE!!!"
Best of the best! Watched Johnny from a young age, (during summer, Easter, and Christmas vacations), and every New Year's Eve until I married. Being an avid Star Trek fan from their very beginning at age 14, I enjoyed seeing Shatner's interview very much. Informative, funny, great storytelling, he and Johnny had a very relaxed and respectful demeanor. Easy to sit back and enjoy on several levels. 👏👍👍😀
We lived in the States for a while until 1976, then we went back to live again in 1991. I remember watching TV and the Show started. My mom got excited and said, "Johnny Carson Show!! I remember watching him when we lived in America before!! Wow, he is still doing the show."
Oh how I miss these times; when Johnny ruled the night airwaves with true wit, humor, kindness, professionalism and had a way of making his guests comfortable enough to be themselves. There was an an intelligence back then that today talk show hosts are completely void of. The days when Los Angeles was a much kinder place and when TV shows and Movies filmed everywhere employing hundreds of jobs. Then....the city and county crazies with their foolish policies chased all of it away. Thanks for posting this clip, felt so good to laugh!
I remember when I lived in LA county , Glendale, and black people weren’t allowed after dark because it was a sundown town. Is that the kinder Los Angeles you’re talking about?
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@@michealjaymurphy He still took himself a bit too seriously. By the 2000s, he's old and mostly forgotten, which leads to him going "ham" with Boston Legal. lol
@@duckhive Actually,? I'll NEVER EVER forget the time he addressed thousands upon thousands of trekkies at the star trek convention. He stepped up to the podium and the first thing he said was, "GET A LIFE!!!!"
Hi Emerantia I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….
I would give anything to live in the world at the time this was aired again and just stay in that time forever. People were good and respected each other and you can feel the calmness of that time in this segment
I'll never forget the time he addressed thousands upon thousands of trekkies at the star trek convention. He stepped up to the podium and the first thing he said was.. "GET A LIFE!!!!"
We don't have these type of shows to watch anymore. I can't believe how significant Carson was. I've thought about why Johnny is Johnny, and why the hosts now can't quite pull it off. Johnny seemed important in show business. And he was to a pretty great extent of making people stars (or not). Shatner is entertaining.
@@gavc6442 Famously so. check out his hair from the T.J. Hooker era. That being said, a man that can handle space travel at age 90 is a beacon of enviable stamina and health.
@@gavc6442 Yes, famous beloved millionaire actors can afford very convincing hair pieces. Love the Shatner. gives me hope that you dont have to be feeble at age 90
About the time this aired I think most people had the sense that Johnny and his show would be around forever. I know I did. He'd been on TV on the same channel, at the same time ever since I was born. It was easy to take him for granted. It's said we don't know what we really have until it's gone. That was certainly the case with Johnny. It must have taken every bit of training as an actor for Shatner to pull off speaking almost like a normal human.
@@jess4metoo I know right? I was 8 months old when the Tonight Show aired for the first time with Johnny at its helm. He was there for the first half of my life.
Not quite. He was still young here. In his 50’s, yes, but still younger. He stopped aging about ten/fifteen years after this and that Shatner from 1996 still looks the same today.
Johnny was the last of the good comedy talk shows, until Craig Ferguson. Johnny had on actual funny comedians, interesting celebs, great and intelligent dialogue, and most new talent he invited on became successful.
😊😄😄😄 just awesome 👏 love this actor so much …. So funny … never seen this interview it’s not my generation never knew how funny he was … What a crazy funny story…. Thank you for such a great laugh 😂 awesome naked in the snow…. Chasing 🐀 yeah Im sleeping naked too 😂 lol ❤️❤️❤️❤️😘
I have got a movie DVD of William Shatner in Airplane 2: The Sequal and I am dedicating this movie DVD to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyxxxxx
Hi William Ewing I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….
I could wallpaper my house with all the tickets I've gotten from LA cops. They always seem to find me. Luckily, I moved away 10 years ago and haven't gotten a ticket since then.
America produced him..not Montreal Canada....that's what alot of you don't seem to understand...whether it's a pop icon or the defense of Western Civilization
I think if you look up his biography you’ll find that he was involved in acting in Canada from a very young age, graduated from McGill with a commerce degree, did some management in the field while playing a prominent role in canadian theatre long before he got to the US. Now I don’t know the man personally but something tells me you don’t “produce”Shatner. The guy just got back from space. He’s quite elderly and he’d still probably kick my ass. Shatner is one of the few I’ve seen on here who kindly hands Carson his hat. And I always admired Carson. But Shatner, I’m pretty sure he does it his way.
I sure miss Johnny, a class act. Unlike these nasty night time hosts. I met Bill years ago at a friend's wedding. Very nice guy, but it was strange talking to someone I watched on TV for years. Had to act like no big deal.
I'll never forget the time he addressed thousands upon thousands of trekkies at the star trek convention. He stepped up to the podium and the first thing he said was... "GET A LIFE!!!!"
I wonder if you'd have told him on this night in the 70s that he'd fly into space and back someday, he'd have thought you were nuts. But he'd have loved the idea, I'm sure.
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I will NEVER EVER forget the time he addressed the massive crowd at the Star Trek convention. He stepped up to the podium in front of thousands upon thousands of trekkies, and the first words he spoke were, "GET A LIFE!!!!!"
Is it just me or was that handshake between Bill and the other guest at the beginning a bit weird? It's as if the guest wasn't happy about Bill or something ... ?
That’s Doc Severinsen, long time bandleader of the Tonight Show. Notice the complete absence of gasps following your comment. Shatner made rubbing people the wrong way an art form decades before this episode first aired. It’s part of his charm though. I have the utmost respect for William Shatner.
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William Shatner is the BEST! Thanks for sharing.
Two examples of stars whose popular impact and influence are measured in decades. Two of my all-time favorites.
You are right, I loved Carson and Shatner both cool guys.
Gold, both
Great episode! I love watching these old Jonny Carson interviews. William Shatner is cracking me tf up!
I'll never forget the time he addressed thousands upon thousands of trekkies at the star trek convention. He stepped up to the podium and the first thing he said was...
"GET A LIFE!!!!"
As a GenXer I find it comforting and helpful to go back and watch these old videos from the world I grew up in. It's been so obscured by what's gone on so far in the 21st century that it's easy to forget. The world of the 80s and 90s is gone, and what has replaced it doesn't impress me one bit.
Brother, you have echoed my feelings, exactly.
now it's nothing but state propaganda. So incredibly uninteresting, unoriginal.
agreed ❤
Television and Broadcasting produced some of the greatest Stars who WORKED/EARNED their way into the BIG time. Now, not so much. Mediocrity rules.
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Boy he looked good here!! Such a talented guy and real, genuine and honest.
A little black bow tie and white slip on shoes . What a combo .
William Shatner is one of the greatest storytellers of all time
The late-night talk show hosts wish they could be funny and hold Conversation like this today. Johnny was a class act, his like we will not see again.
Totally correct Adam! Leftist Loons is about all they are
Amen Adam!
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Just because they regularly call out the lunacy of the ultra Right doesn’t mean they’re not funny.
@@coolcat6303 - Yeah, as funny as a root canal.
Johnny was the BEST !!!
The very best
Clean, funny humor, I wish Television was the same today as back then. Life was better in the 80's and 90's for me
And today we have Alzheimer's Joe and dirty politician Harris in the white house ruled by left wing government control scum
Life was better for most of us.
Agreed - the world is a different place now.
Yes now we have the mental asylum inmates running the government life sucks
Gifted actor. William Shatner.
nice...dramatic ...Pause .
Very theatrical style, which was his background. Not the type of actor who can “lose himself” in a part, but always one to competently perform. A rather ambitious and ego-driven individual, which sort of explains his successes as Captain Kirk since that was the perfect character and role for him to play.
BOSS!!
@@stantheman9072
I love when he spoke at the Star Trek convention and got up to the podium in front of thousands upon thousands of trekkies, and the first words he spoke were,
"GET A LIFE!!!!"
@@bradhuskers Uh, I think you are mis-remembering or are misinformed. That’s not what happened. That line came from a skit he did on SNL in the 80s. It was a legit hit and was very funny. He then used it as the title for one of his non-fiction books, about his experiences with fans and at conventions. I doubt he ever actually said that before a real convention. It would not go over well with that audience and Shatner is nothing other than a crowd-pleaser. He lives for applause. Unless he was making some kind of joke with it or referring to his book for sale, I don’t see him doing it at all, much less saying it first. I’ve seen a couple of his convention appearances. It never came up.
What a great guest to have! That is a classic.
Never ever forget the time he addressed thousands upon thousands of trekkies at the star trek convention. He stepped up to the podium and the first thing he said was...
"GET A LIFE!!!"
Best of the best! Watched Johnny from a young age, (during summer, Easter, and Christmas vacations), and every New Year's Eve until I married.
Being an avid Star Trek fan from their very beginning at age 14, I enjoyed seeing Shatner's interview very much. Informative, funny, great storytelling, he and Johnny had a very relaxed and respectful demeanor. Easy to sit back and enjoy on several levels. 👏👍👍😀
We lived in the States for a while until 1976, then we went back to live again in 1991. I remember watching TV and the Show started. My mom got excited and said, "Johnny Carson Show!! I remember watching him when we lived in America before!! Wow, he is still doing the show."
Oh how I miss these times; when Johnny ruled the night airwaves with true wit, humor, kindness, professionalism and had a way of making his guests comfortable enough to be themselves. There was an an intelligence back then that today talk show hosts are completely void of. The days when Los Angeles was a much kinder place and when TV shows and Movies filmed everywhere employing hundreds of jobs. Then....the city and county crazies with their foolish policies chased all of it away. Thanks for posting this clip, felt so good to laugh!
Now we have Alec Baldwin shooting people on movie sets.
I remember when I lived in LA county , Glendale, and black people weren’t allowed after dark because it was a sundown town. Is that the kinder Los Angeles you’re talking about?
Hi Holly Obrien I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….
Shattner the fountain of youth. Johnny long gone while Kirk is flying to space. amazing fellow with a zest for life, he figured it out.
This must be back when some crew members were developing their hatred and jealousy of him lol!
He seems miserable actually
@@michealjaymurphy He still took himself a bit too seriously. By the 2000s, he's old and mostly forgotten, which leads to him going "ham" with Boston Legal. lol
@@duckhive
Actually,?
I'll NEVER EVER forget the time he addressed thousands upon thousands of trekkies at the star trek convention. He stepped up to the podium and the first thing he said was,
"GET A LIFE!!!!"
@@bradhuskers I remember that! He did that on SNL. That skit was so funny!
ALways one of the best dressed. He has great fashion and comedic sense!
40 years ago and he is still just as sharp at 90
Don't tell me that was 40 years ago!
Shatner was a fine actor and very well known to TV viewers LONG before Star Trek.
gotta love shatner.
We have seen the very best but we will never see show hosts of Carson's caliber again. I feel privileged to have been part of that era.
Hi Emerantia I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….
I would give anything to live in the world at the time this was aired again and just stay in that time forever. People were good and respected each other and you can feel the calmness of that time in this segment
well said ❤
Johnny will always be the KING OF LATENIGHT
i just love william shatner hes just amazing im a big trekkieee
His actually been into Space now wonderful 👍
False. He went to the edge of space.
@@lescoe no, he went to space. amazing times we live in
I'll never forget the time he addressed thousands upon thousands of trekkies at the star trek convention. He stepped up to the podium and the first thing he said was..
"GET A LIFE!!!!"
@@bradhuskers That was actually an SNL sketch but it was indeed very funny.
@@coolcat6303
He also did the exact same thing at an actual convention with thousands of trekkies in total awe of him.
Shatner was 51 here. Shatner is also 90 years old now, he is the oldest person to go to Space apparently.
@FlyingMonkey916 she was a well known drunk and fell in and drowned actually
@@shaundis2117 I forget... who was his wife?
@@keithnorris8982 Nerine Kidd , Nimoy tried getting her through rehab even
@FlyingMonkey916 : Loser.
Obviously don't know much of the incident. Rude of you to that horrible tragedy.
@FlyingMonkey916 she was drunk an he was not home
William Shatner is still the man! RIP Star Trek, 1966-2005. Murdered by oligarchs, suspects include Kurtzman, and JJ Abrams.
We don't have these type of shows to watch anymore. I can't believe how significant Carson was. I've thought about why Johnny is Johnny, and why the hosts now can't quite pull it off. Johnny seemed important in show business. And he was to a pretty great extent of making people stars (or not). Shatner is entertaining.
Did anybody else notice William Shatner's white shoes at the end of the interview?
And the beginning! 😂
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A blast from the past
Shatner's toupee has not aged for 40 years
He wears a toupee?
@@gavc6442 Famously so. check out his hair from the T.J. Hooker era. That being said, a man that can handle space travel at age 90 is a beacon of enviable stamina and health.
@@akniznik lol this is true, he’s a legend. No idea bout his hair tho, looks good to me 😃
@@gavc6442 Yes, famous beloved millionaire actors can afford very convincing hair pieces. Love the Shatner. gives me hope that you dont have to be feeble at age 90
@@akniznik I wonder if his toupee floated off his bald head.
Enjoyed so much .
Always liked Shatner. Very good actor. Yes, he did overdo it on ST, but hey, acting is a work in progress.
He always had such a great collection of hair pieces through the years
Yeah, his TJHooker era curly hair is my favorite.
I think this one is from the Tom Jones collection.
One of the first appearances of the weave I think
Shatner was such a trailblazer he even managed to regrow and incredible head of hair.😆😱
About the time this aired I think most people had the sense that Johnny and his show would be around forever. I know I did. He'd been on TV on the same channel, at the same time ever since I was born. It was easy to take him for granted.
It's said we don't know what we really have until it's gone. That was certainly the case with Johnny.
It must have taken every bit of training as an actor for Shatner to pull off speaking almost like a normal human.
I was born the same year he took over the Tonight Show, thought he’d be there forever. At least we got 30 years.
@@jess4metoo I know right? I was 8 months old when the Tonight Show aired for the first time with Johnny at its helm. He was there for the first half of my life.
That was excellent. Why don't people have brains like these anymore??😅
Now that is wild stuff 😆🤘❤️
All those people have been gone for years and Shatner still looks and sounds the same.
Not quite. He was still young here. In his 50’s, yes, but still younger. He stopped aging about ten/fifteen years after this and that Shatner from 1996 still looks the same today.
@@forestgeorge8855 he is incredible
Awesome Capt. Kirk
Johnny was the last of the good comedy talk shows, until Craig Ferguson. Johnny had on actual funny comedians, interesting celebs, great and intelligent dialogue, and most new talent he invited on became successful.
Hi
I found Craig tried too hard . Just my taste. I appreciate the love for him . Thanks bye
Gibberish
@@lewisc215
Yes. You are gibberish. Seek help, admitting it is half the battle.
He sure was the best
Classy , witty and all
the comedians he helped
"Live Long and Prosper" William (Capt. Kirk) Shatner
"Hooker's a good cop!" Oh, man. I loved that show! :D
😊😄😄😄 just awesome 👏 love this actor so much …. So funny … never seen this interview it’s not my generation never knew how funny he was …
What a crazy funny story…. Thank you for such a great laugh 😂 awesome naked in the snow…. Chasing 🐀 yeah Im sleeping naked too 😂 lol
❤️❤️❤️❤️😘
Bill Shatner is a GOD!
Shatner's toupee- Ay Yai Yai! But! The man is now 91 years young. Congrats.
Bill always had the best hair pieces in Hollywood.
@FlyingMonkey916 nonsense
@FlyingMonkey916 behave yourself please
@FlyingMonkey916 You don't know what you're talking about.
51 yo and the wig was great! 40 years later and he’s still kicking!!!
Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhere's Johnny!
I have got a movie DVD of
William Shatner in
Airplane 2: The Sequal
and I am dedicating this movie DVD to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyxxxxx
Hi William Ewing I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….
The Shat's greatest hairpiece ever..
😂😂😂😂😂
The man who finally got a life at 90!
I like his shirt.
Johnny & I shared the same birthday October 23 just different years
Happy birth day
Miss TV like this
I wld rather watch (and I do ), Johnny's nostalgic repeats of days gone by than to watch these 'so-called' talk/political night shows of Today
That's exactly what I'm doing
@@colemcleod941 👍❗😊
Johnny Carson was a comedian. What we've got now are useful idiots pushing liberal propaganda.
@@TannerBartko
You are 100% correct
True Story: Shatner’s 80’s hairpiece is actually a Tribble.
"Poor old Johnny Yen set himself on fire again" - Tim Booth.
Mouse & Rat…too funny 😁
whered he get those shoes???
Shatner was his own guy, I dont think Johnny was overly convinced from this
Both very strong personalities
I could wallpaper my house with all the tickets I've gotten from LA cops. They always seem to find me. Luckily, I moved away 10 years ago and haven't gotten a ticket since then.
You outsmarted the bastards!
Love ya
Ed wasn’t there that night he was delivering his alimony check in person
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Two 20 second adverts sounds about right.
thats some wild weird stuff, i did not know that 😉
Anyone notice Shatner is wearing a sparkly shirt?
I noticed the white shoes first. I had the same white leather shoes in the 1980s.
Ya.....William Shatner!!!....love him or hate him ...America produced him.
Uh, no ... he’s Canadian, from Montreal.
He’s from Montreal Canada
@@fifthbusiness1678 I didn't say where he was from.....
America produced him..not Montreal Canada....that's what alot of you don't seem to understand...whether it's a pop icon or the defense of Western Civilization
I think if you look up his biography you’ll find that he was involved in acting in Canada from a very young age, graduated from McGill with a commerce degree, did some management in the field while playing a prominent role in canadian theatre long before he got to the US. Now I don’t know the man personally but something tells me you don’t “produce”Shatner. The guy just got back from space. He’s quite elderly and he’d still probably kick my ass. Shatner is one of the few I’ve seen on here who kindly hands Carson his hat. And I always admired Carson. But Shatner, I’m pretty sure he does it his way.
Captain Kirk is the man . So glad he got to see the earth from space .
Let's go Brandon . FJB
Pathetic. 😂
Let's go Brandon!
Let's go Brandon !!!!!!!!
I loved Capt Kirk...caught the reruns in the 70s..I was born in 66....I am an American...no apology...Desert/Shield/Storm... Veteran
By the way let's go Brandon!....
Bill, is always working 👷
Is that a Klingon Hairpiece the Captain's sporting???😂🤣😂
Gee Bill was ALREADY 51 here!!!!!
And looks 35
Shatner is about 50 here. Looks about 45.
I sure miss Johnny, a class act. Unlike these nasty night time hosts. I met Bill years ago at a friend's wedding. Very nice guy, but it was strange talking to someone I watched on TV for years. Had to act like no big deal.
Shatner is 6 years younger than Carson
He looks 15 years younger!
Can't believe Shatner is 50ish here!
even when hes talking naturally his voice is stop start like when he does Kirk lol
I'll never forget the time he addressed thousands upon thousands of trekkies at the star trek convention. He stepped up to the podium and the first thing he said was...
"GET A LIFE!!!!"
@@bradhuskers you've said that twice now.
@@brettcooper3893
I have OCD
@@bradhuskers Wasn't that an SNL skit?
What year was this interview?
1982
Wow...long time ago! I was still eight years old in 1982. Now, it is 2021.
@@receivedSEAnd now it's 2024!
Easy to see how far talk shows have fallen.
I wonder if you'd have told him on this night in the 70s that he'd fly into space and back someday, he'd have thought you were nuts. But he'd have loved the idea, I'm sure.
EPIC! BILL IN HIS PRIME! 🖖😸
How did this get him banned from Carson? 😼
Drive carefully? Captain Kirk teleports. Just where does he think he’s going?
480p?
Check out the shoe
As my mother always said, He wears a complete TOOP!
Not anymore I think he has implants
Shatner rules. I loved TJ hooker as a kid! Great Show!
This was an era before all talkshows and 'talk' tv became blatant government propaganda.
I think Bill Shatner became more likable as he got older.
Yeah, you gotta be careful with the word "prop" these days. 😎
Once you know that since at least the early 1960's he has worn a wig, you can't help looking at this version of wig and think "less is more" ....
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Shatners Bazooooooom
Tone
Cadence
Volume
Pace
Mucho bueno
Ole’
To this day it's me me me.
Johnny had two guests that night Shatner and his pet tribble aka his toupee.
WS always seems like he’s in acting mode.
that guy looks just like the serial killer in halloween.
I think he looks like the cop on TJ Hooker.
Haha
That's a nice hair piece Capn!
I will NEVER EVER forget the time he addressed the massive crowd at the Star Trek convention. He stepped up to the podium in front of thousands upon thousands of trekkies, and the first words he spoke were,
"GET A LIFE!!!!!"
Let's go Brandon
Is it just me or was that handshake between Bill and the other guest at the beginning a bit weird? It's as if the guest wasn't happy about Bill or something ... ?
That’s Doc Severinsen, long time bandleader of the Tonight Show. Notice the complete absence of gasps following your comment. Shatner made rubbing people the wrong way an art form decades before this episode first aired. It’s part of his charm though. I have the utmost respect for William Shatner.